From This table details exactly where federal funding allocated from census information is used.
This table details exactly where federal funding allocated from census information is used.
Funding Source | FY 2006 Spending (in billions) | Scope of Undercount Impact |
Medicaid | $199.6 | reimbursement rate to states |
Title I grants to Local Education Agencies | $12.6 | local education agencies share of total available funding |
WIC (food stamps) | $5.3 | federal allocation to states per program participant for administrative costs as well as state share of surplus above ‘stability allotment’ for food costs |
Federal Mass Transit Grants | $4.6 | local transit authorities for bus systems share of total available funding |
Foster Care | $4.3 | reimbursement rate to states |
Community Development Block Grants (to metropolitan areas) | $2.7 | metropolitan cities’ and counties’ share of total available funding |
Social Services Block grants | $2.3 | state share of total available funding |
Child Care and Development Block Grant | $2.0 | state share of total available funding |
Adoption Assistance | $1.8 | reimbursement rate to states |
HOME Investment Partnerships Program | $1.8 | states’ and local jurisdictions’ share of total available funding |
Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse | $1.6 | state share of total available funding |
Vocational Education: Basic Grants | $1.2 | state share of total available funding |
Community Development Block Grants (to states) | $1.1 | state share of total available funding |
Employment Services | $0.8 | state share of total available funding |
Maternal and Child Health Services | $0.6 | state share of surplus above 1983 amounts |
Rehabilitation services: Basic Support | $0.6 | state share of surplus above 1978 allotments |
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities | $0.3 | state share of total available funding |